On Your Bucket List! Tandem Paragliding Flights in Cape Town - WANNA GET HIGH? For a truly unforgettable flying experience, requiring no experience and as little as 1 hour of your time, try an amazing Tandem flight! Nearly anyone can be flown. Easy starts from the mountains in and around Cape Town and safe landings on the beaches and winelands make an activity that’s not scary but can be adrenaline filled for those junkies requesting it! Ever dreamt of flying? This is for you!
From R950pp, call right now to fly – 0027(0)82 8814724 
Parapax is South Africa’s oldest established Tandem Paragliding company. Formed in 2001 as a registered adventure company and with 14 years full-time experience, we have over 12 000 accident-free flights.
As Cape Town’s most reputable company, we arrive on time to meet you, provide all that’s needed for an excellent flying experience and only fly when it’s safe to. Safety is our number 1 priority and we take no chances with anybody’s wellbeing.
All Parapax pilots hold officially (SAHPA) recognized licences. Our pilots are all internationally qualified and have vast experience. Some of our pilots even hold world records in paragliding, like Tom Erzen from Slovenia who flew for 8hrs25mins doing the world’s furthest out-and-return TANDEM flight - 158km! Extreme adventure, but worth it!
With Tandem Paragliding, as a passenger you require no previous knowledge of the sport at all. The pilot will give you instructions shortly before the flight.
With a few steps forward, take-offs are effortless and landings are soft. We mostly land on large fields or beaches (like Camps Bay) with no obstacles or dangers. We are even disabled friendly, having taken wheelchair-bound paraplegics, blind and deaf folks, children from as young as 6 to as old as 90 (see below!) and passengers up to 135kg in weight, so literally, almost anybody can fly with us!
 
You NeedA good state of health - Good walking shoes – 1 to 2 hours of your time for a standard flight and a half day for a cross country flight.
 
For your memoriesParapax offers "In-flight photography and videography". Our pilots fly with a specially made wide-angled digital camera mounted on a retractable telescoping pole. Before takeoff, in flight and on landing, our pilots take photos and video of the passenger and the scenery. This captures the most amazing images and movies of the passengers in the paragliding harness and the landscapes below and around us. See below!
We then burn these onto a CD the moment we land. Cost is a nominal R200 as we want all our passengers to have a great memory of the flight!
 
Prices
Standard flight in Cape Town - from Lions Head and Signal Hill, Cape Town (10 – 40 mins in the air) - R950.
We generally meet at the Lions Head parking lot, 300m up Signal Hill road, opposite Tafelberg road and near Table Mountain road.
We also offer a convenient Shuttle service, picking you up anywhere in the center of Capetown / Atlantic seaboard (your hotel / waterfront / Table Mountain’s lower cableway station / Camp’s bay) and returning you (even to a different spot) for a single R100pp for local sites and R150pp for out-of-town sites. Generally done in our Classy silver Mercedes Vito bus but also in one of our zooty oldtimers (’64 Triumph Convertible or ’57 Austin A55 Pickup).
Standard flight from any out-of-town flying sites – Hermanus, Sir Lowries pass (Stellenbosch / Somerset West), Franschhoek, Koringberg, Porterville, Macassar beach, Picketberg add R100pp transport fee if driving there independently.
Cross Country Flights – This is the stuff legends are made of! For a longer flight, join us for a half-day inland (between 30mins and 1hr15min drive from CT) and fly between 45mins and 4hours (average 1 to 2 hours airtime), covering distance in an incredible, unforgettable experience! Cost is R1400 for the flight.
We include everything that’s needed for the flight as well as water, suntan lotion, snacks and refreshments.
After meeting you, note that there is a 15 – 20min walk required when flying Lions Head (not to the very top). Booking is easy!
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, or better still, call / text + 27 (0)828814724 where we will arrange an appropriate time to fly. Calling on the morning of flight is fine, but upfront booking is better. Remember, try and fly early in your time in Cape Town as our sport is weather dependant! We will simply need a cell phone number and how many of you want to fly.
We fly 365 days a year, from sunrise to sunset (weather dependant). We will arrange a convenient and safe time to fly with you. Sunset tandem flights are a speciality of our company, but optimal flying is generally 9am to 2pm.
Anyone from 6 to 86years old can fly, be you an individual wanting to try out this amazing experience alone, or a bunch of you as a group (our biggest to date is 63 pax flown in an afternoon, using 16 pilots).
Corporate Incentive Groups & Teambuilding opportunities - Enquire about our group specials for a corporate fun day unlike any other! Conveniently close (it doesnt' get any closer!) to the city centre and completely unique, we'll be able to use all of our experienced instructors to handle the whole group with ease.
So go ahead… “Don’t just dream it. Do it!”
Additional informationThe Parapax pilots speak over 11 languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Russian, Hindi amongst others.
Parapente biplace en Francais, Parapendio biposto in italiano, Gleitschirm doppelsitzer in deutsch are all terms for paragliding tandems.
Since the late eighties, paragliding worldwide and especially in stunning South Africa, has seen a tremendous growth. Presently there are more than half a million paraglider pilots in the world, 900 registered pilots and a staggering 1200 flying sites around South Africa alone.
For many years, earthbound humans have looked up at us “wannabe” birds soaring high above the earth in our paragliders and wondered if they could fly. The drawback in the past has been the lengthy paragliding training courses required before getting your feet properly off the ground. Tandem Paragliding is the solution! With an over sized (round 40 – 42 square meters and round 40% larger than a solo glider), specially designed tandem glider and two harnesses, the sport now invites all who wish to explore the skies and soar the mountain tops. After taking on a few minutes to prepare and to pack up, paragliding is extremely easy and tolerant as a sport. After taking a minute to lay out the glider, a pullup is simple and straightforward. A few steps sees the glider fly and advances in technology have made these canopies extremely efficient and wonderfully secure.
You as passenger in the front and in a relaxed, seated position, are afforded an unobstructed view of the spectacular scenery of the “Cape of Good Hope, Cap de Bonne Esperance, Cabo de bom Esperance and Kap de Gutte Hoffnung”.
We let the passengers fly themselves by first demonstrating how simply the steering works and then letting you have a go alone. Aerobatics are great for adrenaline creation - optional of course and the pilot will ask the passenger if they would like some, otherwise just ask!
Worldwide, Tandem Paragliding attracts thousands of clients and is an incredible way to feel the exhilaration of "free-flight" in safe and experienced hands. The mind-blowing views afforded in our city “ Cuidad del Cabo , Kapstad “ are incomparable. People are always startled by how uncomplicated our flying actually is and how astounding the vistas are.
The world record on a paraglider has just been broken at 504km in a straight line! From Prieska into Lesotho, this was broken in an incredibly fast 6hrs30 by Neville Hullet, a friend of Stef’s and a South African of course!
During the winter months here in Cape Town, some of our pilots travel to Europe and fly tandems professionally in Austria, Switzerland, France, India, Slovenia, Lithuania, Germany, Turkey and the Czech Republic. This keep us in line with the latest safety and technology trends in the worlds most developed nations, Making Parapax a world-class company!
 
Adrenaline-filled for those junkies requesting it!
Ever dreamt of flying? This is for you...
So if you are alone or a corporate group, call us today!
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